Dog on Compile

A chihuahua dances at the top of your editor, with sound, every time a build succeeds.

Dog on Compile demo

When it plays

A successful build task (Ctrl+Shift+B, or any task in the build group).
A successful terminal command that looks like a build, such as npm run build, tsc, g++, cargo build, make, dotnet, gradle or vite.

Keep a file open: the dog is drawn over the open editor. To see it at any time, run Dog on Compile: Show Dog from the Command Palette.

Setting	Default	What it does
`dogOnCompile.pattern`	build tools	Regex for task names and terminal commands that count as a build
`dogOnCompile.sound`	`true`	Play the sound
`dogOnCompile.durationSeconds`	`3`	How long the dog stays on screen

Terminal commands are only detected in VS Code's built-in terminal.